New Delhi: Sports Minister Anurag Thakur and Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan jointly launched the first-ever nationwide quiz on sports and fitness — Fit India Quiz — here on Wednesday.
The nationwide quiz will give a chance to compete on a national platform and an opportunity to win a total cash prize of over Rs 3 crore for their schools.
This Fit India Quiz is part of the central government’s ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ initiative to celebrate India’s 75 years of Independence. Tokyo Olympics medallists Neeraj Chopra and PV Sindhu joined the event virtually.
Minister of State of Youth Affairs and Sports, Nisith Pramanik also graced the event. A few school students also took part in an impromptu quiz to launch the said initiative.
“Mental fitness is equally important to physical fitness. The Fit India Quiz will inculcate mental alertness at a very early age and the quiz is a perfect way to simultaneously enhance sports knowledge. India has a vast sporting history, along with our success at the Olympics; we’ll add momentum to the goal of building a sports culture in the country with the school students as its champions. A sense of competitiveness also build team character and team spirit. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has emphasised on holistic education and the importance of sports in our lives. His interaction with children has also built a stress free environment for students to learn and grow; the Fit India Quiz is aimed in this direction,” Thakur was quoted as saying during his speech in a PIB release.
Pradhan said that there is a strong interconnection between fitness and education. New Education Policy (NEP) 2020 gives special attention to sports-integrated learning for students to adopt fitness as a lifelong attitude as envisaged in the Fit India Movement.
He also stated that the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted normal routines and the relevance of Fit India Movement has increased manifold. “Fit India Quiz will provide a national platform to students to showcase their knowledge about fitness & sports, create awareness about India’s rich sporting history, including indigenous sports, our sports heroes and how traditional Indian lifestyle activities hold the key to a Fit Life for all,” Pradhan said.
To participate in the quiz, the schools have to register on the link provided on the Fit India website between September 1 and September 30 and nominate their students to take part in the preliminary round of the quiz in October-end.
The winners of the Preliminary Round will advance to the State Round in December and the winners of the state round will then go on to play at the National level in January-February 2022. Star Sports will telecast the final round of the quiz.
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